Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

Originally Posted by spiggums

It doesn't have to be a flaw in the setup though... I mean, even earlier you referenced the last Hollywood Bowl show... No opener, if I recall correctly, and looking back at setlist.fm... 30 songs performed total between the two of them (31 if you count the tease of Dancing Queen Robyn did... but... eh)... vs 24 on Saturday night... That difference would probably have made the difference between leaving completely satisfied vs feeling like things were left out...

I suspect part of the reason they did 6 fewer songs on Saturday (and probably are doing the same number of songs at each of their performances here) is because it's part of a tour. The Hollywood Bowl show in 2011 was a one-off and if I recall correctly, neither act had been on the road for a while. It's a lot easier for Robyn to play 2 hours and dance her ass off for 20 songs when she's only gotta do it one night instead of over the course of an entire tour, short as that tour may be.

Originally Posted by nathanfairchild

I'm glad the show was so good. I'm taking part of my vacation to see them at Red Rocks for the end of the tour.

Man, that's a great venue to see this great show in. If it wasn't so close to our Arcade Fire Montreal trip, I'd seriously consider trying to sell Jen on going there.

Originally Posted by thelastgreatman

Royksopp was fun. Royksopp should headline a tent. They should keep Robyn somewhere else so that everyone who wants to hear some stuff that sounds like teeny-bopper pop can go do that and let Royksopp layer sick beats without her.

I thought you posted a Robyn video on Facebook last week and expressed excitement about seeing her? Or am I mistaken or did your account get hacked?

Originally Posted by medornage

Sad that no one really paid attention to/liked the opener. Zhala is great, and Robyn is clearly ecstatic about her so there you go. If The Knife released her music, people would go crazy.

We saw Zhala at Bestival last year. Middle of the day and she came out with a girl on crutches who did a dance routine while seated on a bed. Weirdest fucking thing. I got kind of excited thinking they were going to les out, but alas, they kept it PG. But yeah, her music's enjoyable enough and I'd be interested in hearing a full-length album.

Originally Posted by Larry Farnsworth

"I assume you guys aren't familiar with all of the shit on this lineup but if you listened to shit radio stations you would be."

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

Originally Posted by Somewhat Damaged

I suspect part of the reason they did 6 fewer songs on Saturday (and probably are doing the same number of songs at each of their performances here) is because it's part of a tour. The Hollywood Bowl show in 2011 was a one-off and if I recall correctly, neither act had been on the road for a while. It's a lot easier for Robyn to play 2 hours and dance her ass off for 20 songs when she's only gotta do it one night instead of over the course of an entire tour, short as that tour may be.

Eh... I mean, I see where you're going there... but that setlist at the 2011 Bowl show was pretty much in line with her setlists from touring on her own at the time. Just with the added bonus of Royksopp coming out during The Girl & The Robot and None of Dem...

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

the only headliners that honestly shouldn't have headlined were the stone roses. robyn and royksopp shouldn't headline either. will they? anything's possible motherfuckers.

Go back a few years and read the drama about Arcade Fire headlining for the first time. Every time there is a new headliner, people scream that they shouldn't be a headliner. I thought the Strokes co-headlining a few years ago was complete and utter shite. A Robyn/Royksopp combo seems way more feasible than that.

Originally Posted by RandyInHeaven

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Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

i don't have to go back and read it, and the fact that people bitched about it seems irrelevant. Arcade Fire had already headlined Lolaapalooza and drew a pretty equal crowd to Soundgarden (their #1 headliner that year) at their first reunion show that wasn't at a 1200 person venue. They also headlined Bonnaroo a few months later. Sure, some of the headliners suck, Jack Johnson and the Killers, and the Black Keys to name a few, but to deny that they had put in their dues and had the ability to pull a headliner-sized crowd is just stubbornness.

Originally Posted by canexplain

If moles had subways, molestation wouldn't be one of the creepiest words there is ....

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

Shit, remember the ''Who the fuck is Outkast'' twitter onslaught after the lineup this year? Equating morons complaining to ''They shouldn't headline'' is silly. I wouldn't complain if by some miracle Royksopp ends up on the top line but to think it's a pipe-dream. That's all I'm saying.

Originally Posted by canexplain

If moles had subways, molestation wouldn't be one of the creepiest words there is ....

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

The last two years of Coachella have been the least headliner-driven I've ever seen, and I think we're increasingly getting to a place where it really doesn't much matter who headlines. In terms of audience, Muse and Arcade Fire essentially played to draw against Pharrell and Disclosure, right? "Anything's possible" may soon be less of a punchline than we think.

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

Originally Posted by Somewhat Damaged

I thought you posted a Robyn video on Facebook last week and expressed excitement about seeing her? Or am I mistaken or did your account get hacked?

I WAS excited to see her. Then she didn't play Fembot or Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do, and the entire thing turned into a way overdone pop meh fest. As soon as Royksopp got back on the stage and actually dropped a beat with some balls, I was so fucking relieved.

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

Originally Posted by guedita

Same - and also no We Dance to the Beat?

Yeah I was just bummed that I didn't get to see her back in 2011 or whenever the fuck she put that album out, 'cause that must have been a pretty good show. I do have to give her credit though, not necessarily sure that she did this at your show as well, but the balls it took for her to go into Dancing On My Own and when it reached the FIRST chorus to just completely drop all the music and make the crowd sing not one but TWO sets of the chorus was ballsy as shit. Usually you can maybe get a crowd to do that for one of the last sets of the chorus after they've already heard it once or twice, but she was just like, "Fuck you, sing it now! Oh shit, you didn't quite remember how the second group starts, did you? SING IT ANYWAY!"

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

Originally Posted by thelastgreatman

the balls it took for her to go into Dancing On My Own and when it reached the FIRST chorus to just completely drop all the music and make the crowd sing not one but TWO sets of the chorus was ballsy as shit.

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

I was there this past Saturday in San Francisco for their show at the Bill Graham Civic Center and I was blown away. I missed Zhala due to traffic because we forgot it was Pride weekend in the city (we came from the central valley, Modesto area). Due to the festivities the parking garage took a while to get too and was packed. We got in just as Zhala was ending so I caught the tail end of her last song. It was a waiting game at that point for Royksopp to come on and HOLY SHIT did they blow my mind. I've been waiting 10 years to see them and I've missed every chance which have been few though. It really seemed like they were having a lot of fun though which sent off a great vibe. I freaked out when they opened up with The Drug and got even more excited to hear Eple and Poor Leno. All around great set. Then Robyn came on. THIS WOMEN CAN PUT ON A SHOW!!! I remember catching part of her set at Coachella 2011 but the tent was packed and I remember wanting to see someone else. I think I might have went back to the camp site to get ready to go see Chemical Brothers. Anyways, She blew me away. She had the crowd in the palm of her hands it seemed like. Then came the dual set which I thought was phenomenal and I perfect way to end it all. All the songs on the Do It Again mini album sound great live and you can tell they are having a blast. It may be because it's still really early on in the tour but still an all around fun night. The only spoiler of the night was during "None of Dem" (they're encore song) some tall bro'd out guy with his hussy girlfriend pushed a 55+ elderly lesbian women that was standing next to us which he was pushing to the front (during the last song even). I shoved him and told him to back off and relax. He faded into the crowd after that. As far as seeing them next year at Coachella. I WANT IT SO BAD but I don't know if it'll be the same thing. A Royksopp set alone would get me there. Throw Jamiroqui in there and my money will be well spent. I have a feeling this tour is a one time thing seeing as how both of them are working on new music (Robyn played some new songs in LA from what I understand). I'm not getting my hopes up but one can dream. As to what stage they play, I don't give a shit. I'LL BE THERE.

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

Originally Posted by thelastgreatman

I WAS excited to see her. Then she didn't play Fembot or Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do...

Originally Posted by guedita

Same - and also no We Dance to the Beat?

It's weird to me that those would be the songs you two were clamoring for. Love "Fembot" and all but I don't feel it's in the stratosphere of "Call Your Girlfriend" or "Indestructible" or "Dancing On My Own," and the "Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do"/"We Dance to the Beat" mash-up that she did on the 2010-11 tour was my least favorite part of each set I caught.

Originally Posted by thelastgreatman

Yeah I was just bummed that I didn't get to see her back in 2011 or whenever the fuck she put that album out, 'cause that must have been a pretty good show.

Where were you during her set at Coachella? She had the Mojave going OFF. I was pretty much uninterested in seeing the Chemical Brothers afterward because I knew it wasn't going to compare.

And sure, if they don't headline but each play separate individual sets in addition to a joint performance, and those appearances were spread out over at least 2 days, I would be pretty happy with that as well.

Originally Posted by Larry Farnsworth

"I assume you guys aren't familiar with all of the shit on this lineup but if you listened to shit radio stations you would be."

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

I walked up to the tent in 2011 but saw the size of the crowd and was like, "oh fuck no, I cannot handle that." Then as I was turning around, she hit the stage and Fembot starting blasting. I had to stop and shake my ass a little, but after that I fled the throng.

Re: Robyn + Royksopp should headline a day

Standing in the middle of a big gay Robyn sing-along WAS fun, sincerely it was, but honestly when you bookend her music with two sets of Royksopp it kinda reveals the shallowness of her production quality. I don't mean "shallow" in a superficial way, I mean you can distinctly hear that it's missing entire spectrums of tones compared to what Royk are doing.

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I just gotta throw in some support for this one. Considering tickets to their NY show vanished immediately, and I've never seen scalped ones below $200, this would be my only chance to see them together. Gonna be such a great show!